Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ335903
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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The Transition from Public Residential Schools for Retarded People to Custodial Facilities: an Economic Explanation.
Barnett, W. Steven
Disability, Handicap and Society, v1 n1 p53-71 1986
Historical evidence indicates that conventional explanations for the development of custodial care are inadequate. An alternative explanation is suggested based on an economic model of the structure of the residential services industry. It is argued that the profession generated demand for residential services by portraying the retarded population as needing protection and as a "menace" to society. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, History, Institutions, Mental Retardation, Residential Schools, Services, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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